Premier Barry O’Farrell left Parliament to join the effort at RFS headquarters.

Emergency warnings in place for NSW bushfires

Premier Barry O’Farrell left Parliament to join the effort at RFS headquarters.

Emergency warnings in place for NSW bushfires

17/10/2013

(Translation of this article appears in Arabic section)

NSW is facing its most serious fire threat in a decade. Homes have been lost with more than 100 fires now burning across the state, 40 of which are uncontained.

Emergency warnings have been issued for seven fires, with the biggest threat three major blazes burning in the Blue Mountains.

NSW Health has just issued a bushfire air pollution health warning, with air quality in many areas likely to be reduced due to smoke particles.

There are reports of homes already lost at Springwood and Winmalee and an emergency warning has been issued for Mount Victoria. The Lithgow fire has now progressed from that area and is headed to Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains.

The RFS says the state is now facing the most dangerous fire situation it has seen in at least a decade.